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While we watch to see how much rain we get out of the developing system near the Gulf, here is some advice that you might find useful on how to manage pasture in dry conditions: https://www.kingsagriseeds.com/handle-hay-fields-pastures-severe-drought/.
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For those of you who have been watching the increasing drought in the Southeast with dismay, this may be the week you were looking for. A change in the pattern has brought a slow-moving low pressure system to the Southeast Gulf coast, and it looks like it will stick around for most of the week.…
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I want to give a quick shout-out to two UGA gardening blogs that got recognized in the top 100 garden blog list recently. You can find the entire list at https://blog.feedspot.com/gardening-blogs/. The first blog is the Center for Urban Agriculture’s blog at https://ugaurbanag.com/gardens/ which is put together by Becky Griffin, Extension Community and School Garden Coordinator. The…
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The Drought Monitor released this morning shows a continued expansion of extreme drought as well as abnormally dry conditions around the Southeast. This is not surprising considering how hot the weather has been and scattered nature of the rainfall from thunderstorms. More rain is expected this week and temperatures should be a little cooler so…
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The US Department of Agriculture has an interesting website with ten case studies documenting their plan to help farmers and foresters plan for climate change. Here is some of the information from the web site. You can read more at: https://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentidonly=true&contentid=climate-smart.html ——————————————————————————————————- The effort relies on voluntary, incentive-based conservation, forestry, and energy programs to reduce…
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Growing Georgia reprinted a story by Merritt Melancon of UGA on the recent string of very hot days here in Athens and other parts of Georgia yesterday. You can read it here. Another story about the hot weather appeared this morning in OnlineAthens.com here. Both of them use information I provided from a number of…
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The latest Drought Monitor shows a slight increase in the area covered by extreme drought in Georgia as well as the development of moderate drought in central Georgia just south of Macon. In other areas of the Southeast, dry conditions remained constant or decreased slightly. Near normal rainfall coupled with above-normal temperatures this week mean…